Adding Choices

It is recommended to have your choices added before you begin adding options. The choices are what the customer has available to select. For example:

Product: T-SHIRT

Option: What color shirt?

Choices: Red, Black, Blue, Yellow, Green

When adding or editing choices, you will need to click the "Save" button before moving to the next tab, otherwise you will lose any changes that you have made on the current tab.

Like with the Product and Option setup, the Choice editor has multiple tabs to move through when adding choices. These tabs will allow you to...

Apply a start and end date

Display color swatch or image thumbnail

Add pricing to the choice

and more...

MAIN INFORMATION TAB

Option Type: Choose an "Option Type" for the new choice. Be sure that the Option Type you select matches the Product Options category that you will be assigning it to. If your choice does not easily fall into of the provided option types, you can use "Additional Options" type.

Choice Name: This is REQUIRED to continue editing other tabs in the choice editor. Enter the name of the choice as you would like it displayed on the product.

Choice Number: This is REQUIRED to continue editing other tabs in the choice editor. Enter in a number for this choice, it will be associated to the choice to relate it to the option.

Style Number: Use this number to further classify your choices. This field allows you to classify multiple styles of a choice where the choice number is the same

Style Name: Similar to the Style Number, you can use a Style Name to help further classify choices with a similar choice number.

Choice Description: Use this field to enter a brief description of this choice if necessary.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TAB

Internal Supplier Information: Text entered in this field does not display to your customer. It is for your internal use only.

Vendor Inventory Control Number: This optional number can be used to track inventory from the vendor for use with internal inventory tracking systems.

Date Range to Display Choice in Catalog: By default, all choices will be displayed alongside any options to which they have been assigned (default display date is "now" and end date is 2050), You can choose to disply the choice durring other dates by entering them here.

Date Range for Choice to Be Active: Use this number to further classify your choices. This field allows you to classify multiple styles of a choice where the choice number is the same.

Associated Product Versions: Tie this choice to specific Product versions and it will only be available when that version is being ordered.

Display Choice in Catalog Using: Select whether you would like to use a color swatch, or an image uploaded in the following tab. Choose a color swatch by selecting "Color Value" and then choose "Change Color" or by entering a hexadecimal color in the text field.

IMAGES TAB

If you have images to represent this choice in your catalog, use this page to upload these images here.

ORDERING TAB

Minimum Quantity For This Choice: This field is for use when selecting Choice Quantity option ordering types. Input the minimum quantity of this choice that is required when ordering.

Maximum Quantity For This Choice: This field is for use when selecting Choice Quantity option ordering types. Input the maximum quantity of this choice that is allowed when ordering.

Minimum Main Order Quantity For This Choice To Be Available: If the choice is only available when a certain number of items are ordered, you can enter it here.

Maximum Main Order Quantity For This Choice To Be Available: If the choice is only available up to a certain number of items ordered, you can enter it here.

Choice Must Be Ordered In Increments Of: If the choice must be ordered in certain increments, you can enter it here. For example, if you sell caps and they have to be ordered in increments of a dozen, you can enter 12 in this field and it will require that the customer order in increments of 12.

Is This Choice a Custom Choice?: An example of a Custom Choice is a PMS Color Match. If you make a choice a custom choice, the shopping cart will insert a text field next to the choice and prompt the user to enter the custom colors they wish to have. If the choice is a specific size or color, the choice is not custom.

What Order Value Should Be Assigned To This Choice?: For example, you may want to insert a value of "4" for a four color process choice. Default is “1”.